XXY
Regie:
Lucía PuenzoCamera:
Natasha BraierActeurs:
Ricardo Darín, Valeria Bertuccelli, Guillermo Angelelli, Inés Efron, César Troncoso, Martín Piroyansky, Luciano Nóbile, Germán Palacios, Ailín Salas (meer)Streaming (1)
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Alex (Inés Efron) is hermafrodiet geboren en is nu 15 jaar. Om aan de roddels en de druk van hun omgeving te ontsnappen, hebben de ouders van Alex kort na de geboorte Buenos-Aires verlaten om in een afgelegen huis in de duinen aan de Uruguayaanse kust te gaan wonen. Wanneer vrienden hen bezoeken met hun 16-jarige zoon Alvaro (Martín Piroyansky), komen verdrongen spanningen naar boven. Al snel blijkt dat de vader van Alvaro, die plastisch chirurg is, een grote medische belangstelling heeft voor Alex en dat Alvaro en Alex zich sterk tot elkaar aangetrokken voelen. Geruchten over Alex doen de ronde… (Cinéart Nederland)
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A lot of today's movies look like they were made by creators without any problems about heroes who, just like them, don't have real problems, and so they create pseudo-problems. It's just a distorted representation of boredom and consumer society. A typical example in the genre of a film with sexual themes is Shortbus. A film with a strange name, XXY, proves that a film with a similar theme can be made sensitively and with a sense of aesthetics and final catharsis. It's not about some cheap sensationalism, it's about a highly bitter, painful, and laborious process of dealing with a genetic defect and the resulting uncertain sexual identity. Similarly, the issue of homosexuality and tolerance in the field of sex in the 21st century, where seemingly there are no taboo topics, is also addressed there. Many things are only hinted at in the film, but they also prompt reflection. I liked it, even though it's just a small and unassuming film at first glance. Overall impression: 90%.
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